Literature / Fiction from RC Books

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. , 1944. 1st Edition 7th Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seventh printing of the first edition. A revealing story of an alcoholic man, later brought to the screen in a four oscar-winning film starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Age-toning… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Young, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A unique novel of a woman plagued by a multiple personality disorder. First Edition, First Printing. Some age-toning to paper. Some light shelf wear. Unclipped jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has some fading, age-toning, and… Read more about this item

London: Chancellor Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Various Illustratrors . A well done collection of works form the unique, brilliant Oscar Wilde. First edition of this illustrated collection featuring various artists including Aubrey Beardsley and Charles Ricketts. A light three inch scratch to front cover of dust jacket.… Read more about this item

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1989. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile of the First Edition of the classic novel. Mild shelf wear to book. Some light edge wear to dust jacket. Handsome slipcase has a slight scrap and a small chip, otherwise very sound. Tight and clean with no… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. , 1979. 1st Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the jacket flap "once in a decade, perhaps less often, a novel so clearly breaks the mold of a particular genre that its appearance becomes a publishing event.... It becomes an unparalleled… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the dust jacket, "a tour de force of speculative autobiography in which Chabon devises and reveals a secret history of his own imagination." 431 pages. Superb copy with a mylar protected jacket.

New York: HarperCollins, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Novel of mystery and justice. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 314 pages. Superb copy with no names or marks with a mylar protected jacket.

New York: Random House, 1957. Fifteenth Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The brilliant novel of a philosophical revolution of the human spirit. Price-cut dust jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has edge wear with a half-inch chip at the spine head and a one-inch closed tear on the rear panel.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Franklin Library, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ben F. Wohlberg. A true, limited and First Edition, part of The Franklin Library's "The First Edition Society." 546 pages with full color illustrations from Wohlberg. Full leather, all edges gilt, satin end pages and attached… Read more about this item

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation (W.W. Norton & Company), 2014. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Authoritative, comprehensive, annotated edition of Lovecraft's life and works. Edited with a foreword and notes by Leslie S. Klinger. Introduction by Alan Moore. About 300 illustrations with more than 1,000 annotations. Features long,… Read more about this item

New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008. 1st Edition . Paper Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A short story from the artist and writer Jonathan Santlofer, "A Holiday Gift with the compliments of The Mysterious Bookshop." 30 pages. Includes a note from the publisher, and proprietor, Otto Penzler of the Mysterious Bookshop. … Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Privately Printed, 1932. Reprint . Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original copyright 1928; this copy reprinted 1932 by the Thomas Todd company, Printers (Boston). Inscribed to a previous owner and SIGNED by the author. Frontispiece of the dog Tessie. The book is written from Tessie's perspective. Torn glassine cover. 121… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Twenty-three stories hand picked by Vonnegut, stories never before published in book form. 295 pages. Clean, tight copy boldly SIGNED by Vonnegut on the title page.

New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Off the wall or point on musings-stories, poems, and music from Abbie Hoffman. 153 well illustrated pages. Original price on cover. First Printing. Clean with no names or marks.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This newly designed edition issued as part of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first Borzoi book. Translation by Kenneth Burke. Light offsetting from jacket flaps with light age toning to gutters. Some age toning and edge wear to… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Betty Maxey. A plethora of fine stories from O.Henry (William Sydney Porter). Handsome navy leather binding with hubbed spine, gilt titles and designs, and quality paper. All edges gilt. Moire fabric end sheets. Very mild rubbing to gilt… Read more about this item

Franklin, Tennessee: The Dalmatian Press, 2004. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First printing of this handsomely bound reprint of the classic originally from the year 1861. Attractive light brown leather with gilt titles and designs. All edges gilt. "Collector's Edition." Edited by Kathryn Knight and designed by Mary Katherine… Read more about this item

Franklin, Tennessee: The Dalmatian Press, 2004. Full-Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of this handsomely bound reprint of the classic originally from the year 1847. Attractive brown leather with gilt titles and designs. All edges gilt. "Collector's Edition." Edited by Kathryn Knight and designed by Mary Katherine Van… Read more about this item

Florence, Italy: G. Fattorusso. Reprint . Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. "Illustrated with 450 original drawings specifically executed for the divine comedy and 429 other reproductions of works of art of the old masters, views, etc. with a life of Dante, chronological survey of his… Read more about this item

New York: The John Day Company, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A British castle, spirits of past ages, and romance come together in this intriguing novel, quite out of Buck's ordinary realm. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Usual aging and shelf wear. Unclipped dust… Read more about this item